This is the official blog of MCS - the Media and Cinema Studies Program in the College of Communication at DePaul University (Chicago, IL). Here you will find the latest updates from our faculty members about new research and publications, conference talks, sponsored events and more.You'll also find updates from current students and alumni (including career paths, publications and media events).

Tuesday 18 September 2018

Prof. Booth Interviewed by The Chicago Tribune

Prof. Paul Booth was interviewed for a September 17th, 2018 article in The Chicago Tribune. The article, ""Fake website displaying obscene content taken down by Buffalo Grove-Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce," looks at issues of social media hacking and pranking. Booth describes how while "social media sites being hacked into or mirrored by pranksters is not uncommon, it is odd for an off-shore entity to target a small nonprofit in the United States."




Read the full article here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/news/ct-bgc-buffalo-grove-chamber-fake-website-tl-0920-story.html
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Public Lecture: "Cinema and the City" - Celestino Deleyto

Please join the Media and Cinema Studies Program on Wednesday Oct 24th, 2018 for 'Cinema and the City,' a public lecture by Prof. Celestino Deleyto of the University of Zaragosa, Spain. Prof. Deleyto is the author of the recent book From Tinseltown to Bordertown: Los Angeles on Film, and his talk will focus on the role played by Los Angeles within David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive.



The event starts at 6:30 pm, Wed. Oct 24th in room LL102 in the Daley Building at DePaul University, 237 State Street. Please take the elevators down to the lower level. A Q&A session will follow.

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